Simon Sebbag Ssd Electroform Sterling Silver Pendant Rose Quartz Beaded Necklace
SIMON SEBBAG SSD ELECTROFORM STERLING SILVER PENDANT ROSE QUARTZ BEADED NECKLACE 925 TOGGLE CLOSURE. The necklace is stunning and looks amazing on. My daughter wore this to last year's Cannes Film Festival on a white dress with a pink-checked side stripe, strappy pink sandals and 4 stacked sterling electroform bangle bracelets. She was covering the event as a journalist but she was approached by quite a few celebrities and fashionistas who complimented her on the great look. Perfect condition on the sterling silver electroform pendant piece.
The rose quartz beaded portion of the necklace has some natural defects in the stones. There are various blemishes here and there as made by nature. They're all captured in the many images provided so please enlarge them all to see for yourself. The one defect I would point out is in the last bead adjacent to the toggle.
There is a naturally formed'crater' for want of a better word (images 10,11, 14 show this). Luckily the beads were stung so that the defect is on the underside and doesn't show when worn (images 12, 13).
I have priced this piece taking the above into consideration. ABOUT SIMON SEBBAG / ELECTROFORM. Raised in Israel, with a strong engineering background, Simon Sebbag created a line of sterling silver jewelry that is chunky, yet incredibly lightweight. In 1990, Simon's wife Denise, with her background in fashion merchandising, joined the company.
Together they made the company the success it is today. Each of their pieces are handcrafted in their family-owned and operated factory in Israel. The jewelry is produced using the unique electroforming process. In electroforming, a wax mold or mandrel is created and inserted into a bath of liquified 925 sterling silver. The mold remains in the bath until several thick layers of silver adhere electrostatically. When the desired number of layers is achieved, the item is removed from the bath and the wax is drained out, leaving only the shape of the original mold. The result is a light and comfortable piece of jewelry with no seams. Finally, the piece is hand-polished to achieve a brilliant shine. However, because the process is so lengthy and time-consuming, the prices for electroform jewelry are actually higher rather than lower when compared to solid silver.